Highlights of this edition of Academe include Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass being named Kansas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and Ngoyi Bukonda鈥檚 international fellowship that took him to Cuba.
As the academy of faculty and the staff at 黑洞社区 engage in externally supported research, training and service activities consistent with the university鈥檚 mission and vital to its growth, this column will recognize grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and the deaths of our current and former colleagues.
GRANTS
No grants have been reported in this period.
FELLOWSHIPS
Ngoyi K. Zacharie Bukonda, associate professor, public health sciences, received a fellowship from the international NGO Medical Cooperation with Cuba to present his work at a conference in Havana, Cuba. His presentation, 鈥淜nowledge of infection control, experience of needle stick injury and exposure to body fluids of junior and senior medical graduates in the Eastern Kasai Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)鈥� was presented to the 2008 international conference Medical Education for the 21st Century - Teaching for Health Equity (Nov. 30- Dec. 3).
HONORS / AWARDS
Seth Bate, community and organizational specialist, 黑洞社区 Center for Community Support and Research, received the 2008 Kansas Leadership Forum Distinguished Leader Award at the Kansas Leadership Forum鈥檚 Annual Conference 鈥淰ision to Ac-tion.鈥�
Phil Bowers, academic adviser and study skills coordinator for disability services, and Grady Landrum, director of disability services, have been selected by the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns as 2008 Michael Lechner awardees. The award is given to a Kansan with a disability who has effectively advocated for changes in his or her community to improve the lives of people with disabilities. The awards will be presented Feb. 17, 2009, in Topeka.
Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass
Patricia Dooley, associate professor, graduate studies coordinator, Elliott School of Communication, has been named the first recipient of the Betty and Oliver Elliott Professorship in the Elliott School.
Carla Eckels, news producer, KMUW Wichita Public Radio, KMUW's Carla Eckels received the radio feature award, one of the American Cancer Society High Plains Division's annual media awards for excellence in cancer journalism.
Dina Elias-Rodas, a doctoral student in the community psychology program and a research associate at 黑洞社区鈥檚 Center for Community Support and Research, was selected to participate in the American Psychological Association鈥檚 weeklong Advanced Training Institute on Research held at Michigan State University.
Jeanine Hathaway, professor, English, was commissioned by Seattle Pacific University to write a poem, which she titled 鈥淏iopoiesis,鈥� for its 2008 Master of Fine Arts commencement ceremony.
Mary Herrin
W. Bartley Hildreth is the 2008 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement in Public Budgeting and Financial Management from the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM).
Raul Francisco Prezas has completed his Doctor of Philosophy requirements in communication sciences and disorders. Prezas, who received the 2008 黑洞社区 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, is an assistant professor at Texas Christian University.
John Tomblin
Robert Town, associate professor emeritus, organ, received the 2008 Burton Pell Award for outstanding achievement in music from the Wichita Arts Council.
John Wong, professor, was appointed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy (KEEP) Advisory Group. The governor formed KEEP to bring together business leaders, energy experts and scientists to recommend ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
PRESENTATIONS / PUBLICATIONS
Deborah Ballard-Reisch, Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Chair in Strategic Communication, Elliott School of Communication, presented an invited plenary session address, 鈥淕rounding health communication initiatives in cultures and contexts: The argument for a community-community-based participatory research approach,鈥� at the 136th American Public Health Association Meeting and Expo in San Diego. She also presented the address at 黑洞社区鈥檚 Psychology Department Colloquium in November.
Ngoyi K. Zacharie Bukonda, associate professor, public health sciences, presented a paper, 鈥淧artnerships in support of African Higher Education and Research: challenges for the African Academic Diasposa,鈥� at the UNESCO Global Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge in Paris, France in November.
Tom Frye, visiting instructor, School of Performing Arts, signed copies of his recently published book "The Mosley Street Melodramas" at Barnes & Noble in Wichita.
Anthony P. Gythiel, professor, history, had his translation of a work by the French scholar Placide Deseille published under the title 鈥淥rthodox Spirituality and the Philakolia.鈥�
Ward Jewell, professor, electrical engineering, director, Center for Energy Studies, gave a presentation on 黑洞社区 energy research to the Kansas Energy Commission in Topeka on Nov. 11.
J. David McDonald, associate provost for research and dean of the 黑洞社区 Graduate School, presented at the Dec. 2-6 annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C.
Nan Myers, director for public services; Gemma Blackburn, library systems developer; Cindy Craig, social sciences librarian; and Angela Paul, instruction and outreach librarian, presented 鈥淓MPOWER Your Students Now: Rapid Repackaging of Open Publication Software into a Customized Information Literacy Tutorial鈥� at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., in November.
Susan Parsons, assistant professor , School of Nursing, presented 鈥淰entilator- Associated Pneumonia (VAP) : Case Analysis 鈥� Standards,鈥� a research poster presentation at the 21st Kansas Alliance of Advanced Nurse Practitioners (KAANP) Fall Assembly and Annual Meeting in Wichita.
Xiao-Ming Sun, assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders, has had two papers published this year: 鈥淒istortion product otoacoustic emission fine structure is responsible for variability of distortion product otoacoustic emission contralateral suppression鈥� in the Journal of the Acoustic Society of America, and 鈥淐ontralateral suppression of distortion product otoacoustic emissions and the middle-ear muscle reflex in human ears鈥� in Hearing Research.
NEW FACULTY / NEW POSITIONS
Terry Behrendt, senior fellow, transition to teaching; Craig Elliott, senior fellow, education leadership; and Patrick Terry, senior fellow, education leadership have been added to the faculty for the College of Education.
Cheryl Miller has been named assistant dean for Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
IN MEMORIAM
Lawrence Davis, 67, professor emeritus of English, died Nov. 14. He is survived by daughter, Maya (Loren) Israel of Lenexa, Kan.; sons, Michael (Kellie) Davis of Savannah, Ga., and Jonathan Davis of Omaha, Neb.; former wife, Nurit; granddaughter, Kayla. Private family service has been held.
William C. (Bill) Hays, 64, former associate professor of sociology and gerontology and former director of the Gerontology Center, died at home in Columbia City, Ind., on Nov. 3. He also served as the first president of the Association for Gerontology and Higher Education. He is survived by his wife, Judy Hays.
Kevin T. Mahoney, 51, power plant operator, died Dec. 21. He was preceded in death by parents, Leon and Shirley; brother, Steven. Survivors include wife, Christine; son, Derek; sister, Michelle Gear (David), all of Wichita; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial has been established for Derek's education. Donations may be sent to The Kevin Mahoney Educational Fund, c/o The People's Bank, 222 S. Main, Pratt, KS 67124.
Robert D. Mukes Jr., former custodian, died Dec. 20. He is survived by wife, Mary; daughters, Rhonda Mukes and Faith Robertson, both of Wichita; sons, Randall Mukes of Seattle, Wash., Trayvon Robertson of Wichita; brother, Willard of Texas; 22 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Roy H. Norris, 78, retired engineering department chairman, died Nov. 27. He is preceded in death by parents Oliver and Helen (Gould) Norris; sisters Helen, Betty, Ester and Peggy; brother James. Survivors include his wife, Patricia; son Roy P. (Michelle) Norris; daughters Elizabeth Ann Norris of Frankston, Texas, and Nicole Alyse (Shay) LaRue; brothers Bill 鈥淢erch,鈥� Francis 鈥淪lick鈥� and Oliver 鈥淥llie鈥�; and seven grandchildren. Memorials can be made to Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas Inc., 5111 E. 21st St., Wichita, KS 67208.
Eugene C. Spangler, 93, associate professor emeritus and director of Theatre Services, died Dec. 20. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Catlin. He is survived by daughters Marge Crisman, Wichita; Virginia (Harrison) and Skeele, Hillsborough, NJ; Barbara (James) Gillaspie, Ashland, Kan; Marion (Steve) Wong, Wichita; sister Mary Gill, Wichita; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the College Hill United Methodist Church Organ Fund, 2930 E. First St., Wichita, KS 67214 and Hospice Care of Kansas, 808 S. Hillside, Wichita, KS 67211.
John Ellis Stanga Jr., 69, longtime professor of political science, died Dec. 30. He is survived by his three sons, Joseph, John Peter and Thomas. Donations may be made to the Dr. John Stanga Memorial Scholarship through the 黑洞社区 Foundation, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0002.